Green Party deputy leader MOTHIN ALI, who will speak at the International Anti-War Conference in London on June 20, says Britain needs to rethink its priorities – and its allies
Latest editorial
When Hitler’s Germany took Luxembourg
The socialist stand against the nazis should be celebrated, says ALI RUCKERT
From Global Counsel to Arden, SOLOMON HUGHES finds firms linked to discredited politicians are still calling the shots in Britain
KEVIN COURTNEY explains why Reform UK is no friend to workers or trade unions, but just another party of the super-rich
EMMA DENT COAD explains why she is stepping down from the council after 20 years and how the legacy of the fire still haunts the area
While international attention focuses on ceasefire frameworks, Israel is openly advancing plans for a permanent expansion of its control over Gaza, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Researchers PAUL HOLDEN and JESSICA MURRAY are calling for whistleblowers and documentary records to uncover how Labour Together helped build the parliamentary majority that now dominates the Labour Party
AFTER the invasion of Luxembourg by the fascist German Wehrmacht on May 10 1940, the military administration ordered a ban of all political parties. Contrary to the bourgeois parties, including the Socialist Workers’ Party, the Communist Party of Luxembourg (KPL) took the decision to continue the fight illegally.
After Hitler had been brought into power by parts of German big business and financial capital, the KPL had started to push its anti-fascist propaganda with its weekly journal Volksstimme (People’s Voice). The party supported its German comrades the KPD to transport illegal materials into Germany and helped with the reorganisation of the KPD group in Trier.
Luxembourg communists used football matches or religious events, where many Germans took part, to distribute leaflets against Hitler. The party was also active in recruiting volunteers in 1936 to go to Spain and to fight in the International Brigades against the fascist troops.
Similar stories
WILL PODMORE admires an account of the liberation of Berlin that overthrows the conventional US army-inspired account
CJ ATKINS commemorates one of the most dramatic moments in working-class history
Spanish dictator Francisco Franco died 50 years ago today November 20. JIM JUMP looks back at his blood-soaked rule and toxic legacy on Spain today
The decision highlights the tension between freedom of expression and the state’s role in shaping historical memory at former concentration camps, reports LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI